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Geochemistry of the accumulation of metals in bottom sediments at the Razdol’naya River-Amur Bay marginal filter: I. Pelite fraction

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The composition of clay minerals in the subcolloid fraction from the uppermost layer of bottom sediments in the northern part of Amur Bay was determined by X-ray powder diffraction analysis, and the enrichment of 33 elements in the subcolloid and pelite fractions of the surface deposits from a number of sites at the marginal filter of the Razdol’naya River was studied by ICP-MS.

Fe, U, and chalcophile elements are contained in the highest concentrations in sediments from all sampling sites within the filter. The bottom sediments are not enriched in trace, alkali, and alkali-earth elements. The maximum concentrations of chemical elements were found in deposits from the brackish part of the marginal filter, perhaps, because of the formation of Fe and Mn (Al) hydroxides. Bottom sediment at the boundary between the brackish and marine parts of the filter contain the lowest concentrations of the examined elements.

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Original Russian Text © D.M. Polyakov, 2009, published in Geokhimiya, 2009, No. 1, pp. 63–71.

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Polyakov, D.M. Geochemistry of the accumulation of metals in bottom sediments at the Razdol’naya River-Amur Bay marginal filter: I. Pelite fraction. Geochem. Int. 47, 58–66 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702909010042

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